Survival rate of prawn varied between 91% (at 0 ppt) and 78%(at 20 ppt). The prawn grew and survived satisfactorily at 0–15 ppt salinities, implying that the speciescan be cultured commercially at wide salinity range. M. rosenbergii can be considered as an ideal speciesto promote, in view of current and future climate variables as more and more coastal areas of India aregoing to be vulnerable to saline water inundation.© 2015 Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an